Football-specific fitness testing: Adding value or confirming the evidence?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1503-1505

  Mendez Villanueva, Alberto ^a   Buchheit, Martin ^a  

^a ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Football; Performance; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; SOCCER;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCCER;

EID: 84884125839     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.823231     Document Type: Article

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